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Which allows you to freely speak your mind about such system, interesting...

It's about the perfect position to launch a nuke from in to America. 
I had trouble once with eBay trying to sell Iranian coins. Anything on that embargo list is a no no. 

Two wings, a tail and a beak - must be the same! 🙃

Two wings, a tail and a beak - must be the same! 🙃

Hilariously, today I have had multiple deliveries and so far they have come from:
DHL
FexEx
UPS
Royal Mail
Hermes
And Mrs BYB has just informed me that she is expecting something from DPD today too!
That's 6 separate delivery companies in one day!
 
 

So, was going to write this in another thread but thought actually this deserves its own thread here on the Forum.
FEEDBACK IS SO IMPORTANT
If we let The Royal Mint (and other providers know) that very valuable packages are being left on doorsteps without checking people are home or thrown over gates (as @goldhunter mentioned!) Then we can effect change. 
I have fed this back to The Royal Mint who have assured me that they will be raising it with DHL, their courier of choice for high value items. 
My story is as follows:
Got dispatch notification from Royal Mint & DHL about a package. Delivery day was one I was going to be away, so I went on the DHL website and rearranged delivery for the next week when I would be back. "Delivery" happened on the day I was away.  I checked the proof of delivery and a £2000 package was just left on my doorstep.... Tried for the better part of 30 minutes to get in touch with DHL but they have only a tracking service phone number, no centralised customer service number.  Eventually found a 0845 number for DHL and phoned them (this 12 minute call cost me £10 by the way, thats another rant in it's own right) Told the driver would return and retrieve parcel.  Finally got through on the Whatsapp customer service messaging 4 hours later for update, still nothing had been done.  Escalated this to a formal complaint and by 6pm the package had been retrieved.  It had been sat on my doorstep for the better part of 6 hours.  Thank god it was still there.  Complaint upheld by DHL, they refunded me the £10 cost of the phone call to them. Shambles. Feedback any horror stories you have to The Royal Mint because they need to know! Rant over. 
Sorry!

Fully agree with the comments, and yes at about 80p its not a massive problem, but it is more the principle over anything else. I bought a set of calibration weights and guess what, all read bang on lol 
Calibration weights read bang on, but the same problem 1 gram bar still reads under so yeah 🤔
To top it off, someone from Gold.co.uk, has viewed the video I sent them but has not replied  😑 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Maybe an unpopular opinion, but I don't see anything wrong about it. I must admit it's actually very smart business strategy.
As already noted, there's no reason to damage the coin before returning to the RM, as that really wouldn't be nice.

Maybe an unpopular opinion, but I don't see anything wrong about it. I must admit it's actually very smart business strategy.
As already noted, there's no reason to damage the coin before returning to the RM, as that really wouldn't be nice.

As others mentioned above, it's likely due to the scales imprecision, or natural imperfection of breaking down the combibar. Just out of curiosity, the other 2 pieces are precisely 1 g according to your scales, or something above?

As others mentioned above, it's likely due to the scales imprecision, or natural imperfection of breaking down the combibar. Just out of curiosity, the other 2 pieces are precisely 1 g according to your scales, or something above?

Am a bit curious - why are you concerned about seller fees only and not buyer's? Because, you know, you may find an auction house charging 0% to sellers, but if they take e.g. 25% from buyers, then buyers will anyway bid only up to 80% of their perceived lot's value (80*1.25=100), so your 0% alone won't guarantee you higher proceeds...
So unless you have something else on your mind, I think for a seller it's always important to consider both seller as well as buyer fees.

Am a bit curious - why are you concerned about seller fees only and not buyer's? Because, you know, you may find an auction house charging 0% to sellers, but if they take e.g. 25% from buyers, then buyers will anyway bid only up to 80% of their perceived lot's value (80*1.25=100), so your 0% alone won't guarantee you higher proceeds...
So unless you have something else on your mind, I think for a seller it's always important to consider both seller as well as buyer fees.

Am a bit curious - why are you concerned about seller fees only and not buyer's? Because, you know, you may find an auction house charging 0% to sellers, but if they take e.g. 25% from buyers, then buyers will anyway bid only up to 80% of their perceived lot's value (80*1.25=100), so your 0% alone won't guarantee you higher proceeds...
So unless you have something else on your mind, I think for a seller it's always important to consider both seller as well as buyer fees.

Am a bit curious - why are you concerned about seller fees only and not buyer's? Because, you know, you may find an auction house charging 0% to sellers, but if they take e.g. 25% from buyers, then buyers will anyway bid only up to 80% of their perceived lot's value (80*1.25=100), so your 0% alone won't guarantee you higher proceeds...
So unless you have something else on your mind, I think for a seller it's always important to consider both seller as well as buyer fees.

I concur with the above, don't buy such damaged goods unless you are ready to treat these coins as piece of metal only and unless you get corresponding price, which in this case means several % below melt value.
Even if you are tight on your budget, you will have much more joy from owning a nice coin instead, even if it costs a few euros more. There are plenty of French and Belgian francs and Dutch guldens around available for little premium and often in great condition from which you can choose instead...

@Dawnbreaker, I think I have just seen the same 5 francs listed at Catawiki, so I assume they were relisted after you did not accept the seller's offer the first time?
Anyway, I would like to say that in my experience, Catawiki is pretty bad place for buying gold coins like this. Most historic gold coins that are offerred there are usually either in not very good condition, or the reserve price is too high, which is no wonder, if the seller needs to pay 12.5% provision. And so coins, fair premium on which should be 5-10% over spot, have reserve price set at 10-20% over spot, which some crazy buyers are still willing to bid, on top of which they however still need to pay 9% buyer's charge! Not mentioning postage, which is also often excessive.
It feels so bad, seeing people bid so much e.g. for modern restrikes, which could be sourced quite cheaper and in better condition and safer directly from the mint or from any dealer nearby. The same with common LMU coins, e.g. French rooster 20 francs, sold at €340 reserve + 9% buyer's charge + postage = over €380 a piece. The only winner is Catawiki, collecting 21.5% from every trade. I know bidding is fun, but really, beware! If a coin, which should carry a 5-10% premium, is listed at a platform operating with 21.5% margin, you are unlikely to get a good deal...

@Dawnbreaker, I think I have just seen the same 5 francs listed at Catawiki, so I assume they were relisted after you did not accept the seller's offer the first time?
Anyway, I would like to say that in my experience, Catawiki is pretty bad place for buying gold coins like this. Most historic gold coins that are offerred there are usually either in not very good condition, or the reserve price is too high, which is no wonder, if the seller needs to pay 12.5% provision. And so coins, fair premium on which should be 5-10% over spot, have reserve price set at 10-20% over spot, which some crazy buyers are still willing to bid, on top of which they however still need to pay 9% buyer's charge! Not mentioning postage, which is also often excessive.
It feels so bad, seeing people bid so much e.g. for modern restrikes, which could be sourced quite cheaper and in better condition and safer directly from the mint or from any dealer nearby. The same with common LMU coins, e.g. French rooster 20 francs, sold at €340 reserve + 9% buyer's charge + postage = over €380 a piece. The only winner is Catawiki, collecting 21.5% from every trade. I know bidding is fun, but really, beware! If a coin, which should carry a 5-10% premium, is listed at a platform operating with 21.5% margin, you are unlikely to get a good deal...

@Dawnbreaker, I think I have just seen the same 5 francs listed at Catawiki, so I assume they were relisted after you did not accept the seller's offer the first time?
Anyway, I would like to say that in my experience, Catawiki is pretty bad place for buying gold coins like this. Most historic gold coins that are offerred there are usually either in not very good condition, or the reserve price is too high, which is no wonder, if the seller needs to pay 12.5% provision. And so coins, fair premium on which should be 5-10% over spot, have reserve price set at 10-20% over spot, which some crazy buyers are still willing to bid, on top of which they however still need to pay 9% buyer's charge! Not mentioning postage, which is also often excessive.
It feels so bad, seeing people bid so much e.g. for modern restrikes, which could be sourced quite cheaper and in better condition and safer directly from the mint or from any dealer nearby. The same with common LMU coins, e.g. French rooster 20 francs, sold at €340 reserve + 9% buyer's charge + postage = over €380 a piece. The only winner is Catawiki, collecting 21.5% from every trade. I know bidding is fun, but really, beware! If a coin, which should carry a 5-10% premium, is listed at a platform operating with 21.5% margin, you are unlikely to get a good deal...

Good Morning All
Thank you for your messages.  There was an issue with this product listing over the weekend which has now been resolved.  You will be very pleased to hear that any paid orders received during this time will be honoured 🙂
Kindest regards
Melissa

Nice serial number, too.

They could have also meant "billon" sovereigns...🤔😉

Nice serial number, too.

Nice serial number, too.

Nice serial number, too.